Hair-dying apparatus.



No. 890,267. 7 PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. v E. DESLOT.

HAIR DRYING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED rm. 4 1907.

wn'm'sn s I V N R EDMOND DESLOT, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

HAIR-DRYING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed February 4, 1907. Serial No. 355,630.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND DESLOT,

'ladies hair-dresser a citizen of the French Republic, residing at Paris, in the Depart ment of the Seine, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-DryingApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

One of the most important points in cleaning of hair, and principally in head washing conlsists in drying and airing of the hair and sea A s the practice has showed, the most efiicient manner to get a good result in drying hair is to project hot air on to the hair and scalp.

Several apparatus by means of which this operation may be realized are now offered for sale but they all have the great disadvantage to be of a high price, non transportable and to perform the drying or airing operation too slowly while consuming a great amount of heating agent.

This invention has for its object to provide a drying apparatus operated by hand without any electrical or mechanical power, this apparatus being of a very low cost price and transportable, the arrangement of the same making it possible to dry thoroughly a ladys ljiiair and scalp within a few minutes (about The accompanying drawing is a side elevation of a drying apparatus constructed ac cording to the resent invention the outer casing of which eing removed and indicated in dotted lines on the drawing.

This apparatus has for its principle to project with'a great force on to the hair and scalp hot air produced by means of either a spirituous lamp or a gas burner with heating flame.

Referring to the drawing, 1 is a metal boX or casing suitably fixed on a base 2 and divided into two chambers 3 and 4. The cham ber 3 is disposed to receive a spirituous lamp 5 or a gas burner 6 producing hot air while the part 4 is intended to inclose a set of gears transmitting with a suitable multiplication the rotary movement of a hand wheel to a ventilator which projects outwardly the heated air entering from the part 3.

The casing 1 is provided in its front or side walls with an'opening (not shown) for introducing and feeding of the lamp 5, the flame of which projects through an opening disposed in the wall or partition between the two chambers and comes into contact with the blades of a ventilator 8, this partition being one of the walls of the ventilator casing 9. The ventilator is operated by means of a gear 10 rotatably mounted in the casing 9 and driven from a toothed wheel 13 connected to a hand wheel 14 outside of the casing 1 which may be operated by means of a handle 15. As this hand wheel is rotated at a relatively low speed, the latter is increased by the gears and toothed wheels and the ventilator runs at a high speed producing thereby a heavy draft which causes hot air to enter the chamber 4 from the chamber 3. Such hot air continuously produced by the spirituous'lamp or gas burner is brought on to the hair through a yielding connection or pipe 16. Thus, the scalp and hair may be thoroughly dried or aired in a few minutes.

This improved drying apparatus may be easily displaced is of a very cheap construction and reaches the result aimed at with an insignificant fuel consumption.

When desired the above described drying or airing apparatus may be operated by foot by means of a suitable pedal device from which the rotary movement is transmitted to the ventilator through a yielding connection or otherwise.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is A portable hair-drying apparatus, comprising a casing, a heat producer contained therein, a rotary air propeller disposed to receive the heat from the heat producer, a yielding or movable heat delivery conduit adapted to receive the heated air from the propeller and direct it as desired, and means for rotating the propeller comprising a large hand wheel and a plurality of gear wheels, whereby the momentum of the rotating parts will permit the operator to let go the hand wheel for short intervals without interrupting the delivery of hot air.

In testimony whereof I have afliXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMOND DESLOT.

Witnesses:

HENRY DAUFER, LUcmN OREsPIN. 

